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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 "Counterterrorism Evolves".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did American Airlines Flight 11 crash?
(a) In a field in Pennsylvania.
(b) Into the South Tower.
(c) Into the North Tower.
(d) The Pentagon.

2. In the late __________ NORAD carried out exercises for a scenario in which terrorists would hijack and use commercial airliners as weapons.
(a) 2000s.
(b) 1970s.
(c) 1990s.
(d) 1980s.

3. Where did the majority of the hijackers sit in the airplane?
(a) First Class.
(b) In the jump seats of the aircraft.
(c) Coach.
(d) Rear of the aircraft.

4. From the end of WWII until the late 1960s, the FBI operated, in part, as a kind of ________ ________ service.
(a) International dispute.
(b) International intelligence.
(c) Domestic dispute.
(d) Domestic intelligence.

5. When was the CIA created?
(a) After WWII.
(b) After the Cold War.
(c) After the Gulf War.
(d) After WWI.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were the World Trade Center parking garage bombing and subsequent "landmarks" plot developed?

2. How many total terrorists hijacked the planes on 9/11?

3. By the late 1970s, what began to get directly involved in counter-terrorist operations?

4. The entire attacks of 9/11/2001 took a little more than __________.

5. How was the August 7, 1998, attack on American embassies at Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam destroyed?

(see the answer key)

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